August of 2012 is the start of a completely immersed online adventure to receive my Bachelors in Accounting. This is documentation on how the online process works, my progress through the program and how Western Governors University (WGU) functions. ~Christine Free

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Education Without Boundaries Orientation

Just like I was told July 15th 3 weeks prior to my official term start date I will have access to "Education Without Boundaries Orientation". This is something that every student has to complete before starting the actual classes.
This also opens up everything else that is on your class portal through WGU. Now when I log into my.wgu.edu I can actually see all the required classes I have to take in order to get my Bachelors.
This is what it says:

When the class has the option for Pre-Assessment it means I have three attempts to challenge the course. Not a bad option! I can actually take 1 pre-assessment and it will give me a score and tell me where my strengths and weaknesses are. Any question that I get right I wont have to take again. (I believe). I will have to double check that but I think I had a few notes written somewhere from a conversation I had with Jessica regarding the pre-assessments.
91 Units are listed in my course outline. 18 Units must be finished a 6 month term. It still works out to be about 2 1/2 years..... I wonder how I will fare trying to push this to the limit? We shall see!!
More to come as my tenure at WGU really gets started.

How is the Student Mentor going to work? I believe I will be assigned one of those fairly soon and with a weekly check in I hope whomever I speak with is pleasant.

- Enrollment Counselor assesses your standings and if you will make a good candidate for the program you've applied for. At the end of the interview you are told yes or no.

5. Depending on Start Date Transcripts are due ASAP

- Transcripts are only accepted one time

- Transcripts will apply only to specific courses and can only be contested within a 15 day grace period from the time you receive the confirmation email with attached official documentation from your Transfer Evaluator.

6. Negotiating Transcripts

- Make sure to contest any credits you think you should have credit for. Even if it is a long shot never let your credits go un-noticed. I was a little surprised how quickly my request was shot down but I had to try.

7. Receiving Official Notification that you are IN!

- Your intake counselor will let you know when all is official and you agree on a start date. All terms start on the first of a month. You must take an orientation before you official start date. That starts the moth prior after the 15th day. For myself orientation starts July 15th, classes start August 1st.

8. Financial Aid - Enrollment Payment

- Get your finances all squared away because WGU want's payment within the first week classes start. If you have Financial Aid they will make an exception to wait for the award. If not they want either one full upfront payment for the term (6 months) or they will allow a split payment program. Make sure to plan for this.

9. Orientation Opens - So Does your Degree Plan

- Through you WGU Portal you will now have access to what your future holds in terms of content. How long? What Classes? It's all there.

10. Lets get moving on this Degree!

- You are assigned a Student Mentor who will be in contact with you every week to keep up with your progress. Being there is not much contact with other students in this program the idea is to keep motivated by having someone following you through out your time spent online with WGU.

11. Official Start

-With enrollment you have access to your classes and you are now completely on your way to getting your degree. This is all about you and your motivation to make sure to keep positive and follow the advise of your Student Mentor to make study/work times for yourself and follow them.

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I would like to state for the record that the goal of this blog is to document the actual process for future students. In no way shape or form would I ever post academic property of WGU for exams or assesments. My purpose is not to post answers or give insider information that would damage the authenticity of WGU as an institution. It is souly for documentation.
-Christine